mawsi

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi मौसी (mausī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːsi/

Noun

mawsi

  1. maternal aunt
    Synonym: matant

Unami

Etymology

Verb

mawsi (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

  1. To live alone.

Conjugation

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References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “mawsu”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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